Herdeljezi is a traditional Romani festival, at this time held in a park in Sebastopol, CA, with dance, music, food, and crafts. Sani Rifati, a ROM from Kosovo, founded Voice of Roma to promote Romani culture and traditions and to draw attention to the human rights issues the Roma deal with. Sani is also a teacher of Romani dance, and in these photos (in the white t shirt) he’s teaching and leading festival participants in dance, with Romani music by Yuri Yunakov and his Romani Wedding Band, with Rumen “Sali” Shopov. The festivals are now (2024) held at Ashkenaz in Berkeley.